Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Fever (Madonna song)

The following discussion is an archived debate of the proposed deletion of the article below. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's talk page or in a deletion review). No further edits should be made to this page.

The result was keep. WjBscribe 02:22, 2 April 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Fever (Madonna song)

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WP:MUSIC has long had a standard prohibiting seperate articles for covers of pre-existing songs. With hundreds of artists having covered "Fever", several of whom had major hits with it substantial hits, what makes Madonna's version (especially since it's neither the first nor most historically significant recording) special enough to warrant its own individual article?

I would say reduce significantly, merge whatever is left into Fever (1956 song), which should be expanded. FuriousFreddy 17:21, 27 March 2007 (UTC)

• Keep. I can't find any specific prohibition of the type mentioned above. Recordings that meet criteria such as that set out in Wikipedia:Notability (songs) are notable enough to be included, and Madonna's version was a substantial hit. 23skidoo 18:11, 27 March 2007 (UTC)
• Keep - I was thinking the same, I've seen articles about cover versions before. Although, if there is such a policy prohibiting this then change my vote to merge with Fever (1956 song). Masaruemoto 19:57, 27 March 2007 (UTC)
• Keep per there being no valid reason offered for deletion. There does not appear to be anything in WP:MUSIC that prohibits articles on cover songs. Otto4711 20:35, 27 March 2007 (UTC)
• Keep The Wikipedia:Notability (songs) has a list of dot point guidelines that says if a song meets at least 2 standards, then it's a good candidate for notability. At the very least, the song meets the standards as set in points #1, #7, & possibly #2. Spellcast 18:11, 28 March 2007 (UTC)
• Merge into Fever (1956 song). Wikipedia:Notability (songs) (which is currently inactive) also states "The fact that a song is notable enough to deserve an article does not mean that each individual recording of a song deserves an article." Having separate articles on separate recordings of a song just exacerbates the problem of there being little coverage of the original version of the song compared to coverage of one or more of the covers. I'd also argue that a lot of the information in the article on the Madonna cover isn't essential for inclusion - not all single formats and official remixes of a song (especially a Madonna song, where you have loads of remixes released on various formats) are notable. Artists such as Madonna, Mariah Carey, Whitney Houston or even Hilary Duff shouldn't be given special treatment. We have articles on Respect (song), I'll Be There, I Heard It through the Grapevine, I Will Always Love You, Lady Marmalade, (I Can't Get No) Satisfaction and many more that include all information on every recording in one place...why not "Fever"? Extraordinary Machine 13:43, 1 April 2007 (UTC)

The above discussion is preserved as an archive of the debate. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's talk page or in a deletion review). No further edits should be made to this page.